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Solomon’s Administration
1So King Solomon was king over all Israel.
2And these were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; ⚓Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;
4⚓Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, over the army; Zadok and ⚓Abiathar, the priests;
5Azariah the son of Nathan, over ⚓the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan, ⚓a priest and⚓the king’s friend;
6Ahishar, over the household; and ⚓Adoniram the son of Abda, over the labor force.
7And Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each one made provision for one month of the year.
8These are their names: Ben-Hur, in the mountains of Ephraim;
9Ben-Deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;
10Ben-Hesed, in Arubboth; to him belonged Sochoh and all the land of Hepher;
11Ben-Abinadab, in all the regions of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife;
12Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth Shean, which is beside Zaretan below Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, as far as the other side of Jokneam;
13Ben-Geber, in Ramoth Gilead; to him belonged⚓the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, in Gilead; to him also belonged⚓the region of Argob in Bashan—sixty large cities with walls and bronze gate-bars;
14Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
15⚓Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife;
16Baanah the son of ⚓Hushai, in Asher and Aloth;
17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18⚓Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin;
19Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, in⚓the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan. He was the only governor who was in the land.
Prosperity and Wisdom of Solomon’s Reign
20Judah and Israel were as numerous ⚓as the sand by the sea in multitude, ⚓eating and drinking and rejoicing.
21So ⚓Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from ⚓the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. ⚓They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22⚓Now Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour, sixty kors of meal,
23ten fatted oxen, twenty oxen from the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl.
24For he had dominion over all the region on this side of the River from Tiphsah even to Gaza, namely over ⚓all the kings on this side of the River; and ⚓he had peace on every side all around him.
25And Judah and Israel ⚓dwelt safely, ⚓each man under his vine and his fig tree, ⚓from Dan as far as Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
26⚓Solomon had forty thousand stalls of ⚓horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
27And ⚓these governors, each man in his month, provided food for King Solomon and for all who came to King Solomon’s table. There was no lack in their supply.
28They also brought barley and straw to the proper place, for the horses and steeds, each man according to his charge.
29And ⚓God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart like the sand on the seashore.
30Thus Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men ⚓of the East and all ⚓the wisdom of Egypt.
31For he was ⚓wiser than all men—⚓than Ethan the Ezrahite, ⚓and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the surrounding nations.
32⚓He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his ⚓songs were one thousand and five.
33Also he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree of Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish.
34And men of all nations, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom, ⚓came to hear the wisdom of Solomon.
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Xalaumoo cov nom tswv thiab cov tub teg twb taws
1Vajntxwv Xalaumoo ua vajntxwv kav tag nrho cov Yixayee huvsi.
2Cov neeg no yog vajntxwv cov nom tswv uas ua hlob huvsi. Xadau tus tub Axaliya ua pov thawj.
3Sisa tus tub Elihaulej thiab tus tub Ahiya ua ob tug tub sau ntawv. Ahilu tus tub Yehausafa ua tus uas sau ntawv keeb kwm.
4Yehauyada tus tub Npenaya ua thawj kav tub rog. Xadau thiab Anpiyatha ua pov thawj.
5Nathas tus tub Axaliya ua tus thawj saib cov nom tswv. Nathas tus tub Xanpu ua pov thawj thiab yog vajntxwv phoojywg.⚓
6Ahisa ua tus uas saib vajntxwv lub vaj lub tsev. Anpada tus tub Adaunilas ua tus uas kav cov tub zog uas raug yuam ua haujlwm.
7Xalaumoo muaj kaum ob tug nom tswv uas kav cov Yixayee huvsi thiab npaj zaub mov noj rau vajntxwv thiab vajntxwv tsev neeg. Ib xyoos ib tug nom npaj zaub mov noj ib lub hlis.
8No yog lawv cov npe, Npeehawj kav pem toj siab Efa‑i tebchaws.
9Npee Ntekhaw kav lub moos Makha thiab Sa‑anpi thiab Npeseme thiab Eloo Npehanas.
10Npee Hexe kav Alunpau, (Xaukhau thiab Hefaw lub tebchaws huvsi kuj zwm rau nws.)
11Npee Anpinada kav Nafadau huvsi, nws tau yuav Xalaumoo tus ntxhais Thafa ua pojniam.
12Ahilu tus tub Npa‑ana kav Tha‑ana thiab Mekidau thiab Npesas huvsi uas nyob ib sab ntawm Xalethas uas nyob ntawm Yile‑ee sab nrad, thiab txij ntua Npesas mus txog Anpee Mehaula thiab dhau plaws lub moos Yaume‑as.
13Npee Kenpaw kav Lamau Kile‑a, uas yog tej zej zog uas yog Manaxe tus tub Ya‑i li zej zog uas nyob hauv Kile‑a, thiab kav tag nrho lub xeev Akau uas nyob hauv Npasas tebchaws, huvsi muaj rau caum lub moos loj uas muaj ntsa loog thiab muaj tej las rooj loog tooj liab.
14Idau tus tub Ahinada kav Mahana‑i tebchaws.
15Ahima‑a kav Nathali tebchaws, nws tau yuav Xalaumoo tus ntxhais Npaxema ua pojniam.
16Husai tus tub Npa‑ana kav Asaw tebchaws thiab lub moos Npe‑alau.
17Palu‑a tus tub Yehausafa kav Ixakha tebchaws.
18Ela tus tub Sime‑i kav Npeeyamee tebchaws.
19Uli tus tub Kenpaw kav Kile‑a tebchaws, yog tebchaws uas thaum cov Amaulai tus vajntxwv Xihoo thiab Npasas tus vajntxwv Aus kav. Muaj tib tug nom tswv kav lub tebchaws no xwb.
Xalaumoo nplua nuj thiab muaj tswvyim
20Cov Yixayee thiab cov Yuda muaj coob kawg cuag nkaus li tej xuab zeb ntawm ntug hiavtxwv. Lawv muaj noj muaj haus tau zoo nyob xyiv fab hlo.
21Xalaumoo kav tag nrho tej tebchaws txij ntua tus dej Yufeti mus txog ntua cov Filixatee lub tebchaws thiab mus txog ntua Iyi ciam teb. Lawv sawvdaws coj qhov txhia chaw tuaj them se rau Xalaumoo thiab zwm rau nws tag sim neej uas nws tseem muaj txojsia nyob.
22Xalaumoo tej zaub mov mas ib hnub yog cov hmoov mog zoo zoo peb caug khaula, cov hmoov mog ntxhib rau caum khaula,⚓
23kaum tus nyuj rog rog hwv hauv nkuaj, nees nkaum tus nyuj tom tshav zaub, ib puas tus yaj. Dua li ntawd muaj muas lwj, kauv seb, kauv liab thiab qaib rog rog,
24rau qhov nws kav tag nrho tej tebchaws mus txog tus dej Yufeti sab hnub poob, txij ntua lub moos Thixa mus txog lub moos Kaxa, thiab nws kav tag nrho tej vajntxwv uas nyob dej Yufeti sab hnub poob huvsi. Vajntxwv nyob siab tus yees rau xwm fab puas meem.
25Cov Yuda thiab cov Yixayee nyob tso siab lug txij ntua lub moos Daj mus txog ntua lub moos Npe‑awsenpa, txhua tus nyias nyob nraim ntxoov ntxoo hauv nyias tej qab txiv hmab txiv cev tag Xalaumoo sim neej.
26Xalaumoo tseem muaj plaub vam lub nkuaj kaw plaub vam tus nees hai tsheb ua rog. Nws muaj cov tub rog caij nees ib vam ob txhiab leej.
27Cov nom tswv ntawd npaj zaub mov xa mus rau Xalaumoo thiab rau txhua tus uas los koom Xalaumoo lub rooj mov, nyias xa raws li nyias lub hli. Lawv tsis tseev ib yam dabtsi tu ncua li.
28Lawv xa qeb xa quav nyab tuaj rau tej nees hai tsheb thiab tej nees caij, lawv coj tuaj rau txhua lub chaw uas teem cia npaum li uas hais cia rau lawv lawd.
29Vajtswv pub lajlim tswvyim plab plaws kev txawj ntse rau Xalaumoo ntau kawg li thiab pub nws muaj tab fab thiab kev paub npaum nkaus li tej xuab zeb ntawm ntug hiavtxwv.
30Xalaumoo tej tswvyim plab plaws ntau dua cov neeg sab hnub tuaj tej tswvyim thiab ntau dua cov Iyi tej tswvyim huvsi.
31Nws muaj tswvyim thiab txawj ntse dua luag lwm tus huvsi, ntse dua Etha uas yog cum Exalas, thiab Hemas thiab Khakhau thiab Dada uas yog Mahoo cov tub. Nws lub moo nrov nto moo lug mus thoob plaws txhua lub tebchaws uas nyob ib ncig.
32Nws hais peb txhiab nqe paj lug thiab ib txhiab tsib zaj nkauj.
33Nws hais txog tej xyoob ntoo tag nrho tej ntoo ciab hauv Lenpanoo mus txog tej zaub txig theem uas tuaj ntawm tej ntsa loog. Nws kuj hais txog tej tsiaj qus tej nas noog thiab tej tsiaj uas nkag thiab tej ntses.
34Muaj neeg tuaj hauv txhua haiv neeg tuaj mloog Xalaumoo tej tswvyim, thiab tuaj ntawm txhua tus vajntxwv hauv ntiajteb no uas tau hnov moo txog Xalaumoo tej tswvyim.